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Mike spent $7920 on his vacation, which was 11% of his monthly salary. What was his monthly salary?

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Answer : 72,000

Ex: Let x be his monthly salary.

The equation to set up would be

7920=0.11x

This equation represents 11% of monthly salary = 7920

To solve you divide 0.11x by 0.11 to get x by itself. then you do what you do to one side to the other. therefore you divide 7920 by 0.11 and you get 72,000

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